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<a href="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Cordova-Hunt-Blumeyer-2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-804" title="Cordova - Hunt Blumeyer (2)" src="http://news.sjvc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Cordova-Hunt-Blumeyer-2-290x213.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="213" /></a>Flying helicopters and guiding white water rafting tours is not the usual resume for a respiratory therapy student – however, <a href="http://www.sjvc.edu/campus/Rancho_Cordova/" data-blogger-escaped-target="_blank">Rancho Cordova</a> student Hunt Blumeyer is making it a smooth transition.

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<div> <span>“I was looking at getting into Emergency Medical Services as a pilot but it could take me anywhere from 3 to 5 years before I was actually working in this area,” said Blumeyer. </span></div>
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<span>Concerned also with a family friendly-</span>schedule, the week on, week off nature of the job would have taken him away from his family.

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<span>“I’ll miss flying but I’m home every night with my wife and that’s where I need to be right now,” Blumeyer </span><span>explains.</span>

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<span>Because SJVC allowed Blumeyer to start immediately and integrated pre-requisites with core classes, it was </span><span>the perfect fit.</span>

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<span>“I didn’t want to wait at all,” said Blumeyer. “I wanted to get in and get started. <a title="SJVC" href="http://www.sjvc.edu">SJVC</a> could do all my pre-reqs, get everything done and get me in and out of here in 18 months.”</span>

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<span>For Blumeyer, this was a non-negotiable but he also recognizes the program requires a big commitment both on his part and the part of those supporting him. He says SJVC is strict in a good way – the fast-paced nature of the education encourages focus and attendance. </span>

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<span>“The reason is that it is an accelerated course and it is moving fast and you need to keep up. If you get behind I think you’d be in trouble,” Blumeyer states. </span>

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<span>Although going back to school was initially difficult, Blumeyer has enjoyed learning respiratory therapy. The very social nature of the job is one of the many parts Blumeyer loves – and combined with the constant learning the RT program provides, he is well on his way to graduation.</span>

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<span>Blumeyer is no longer landing helicopters or navigating his way through rocks and rushing rapids. He is, however, making strides to a different sort of adrenaline-pumping, social job – saving the lives of the people around him. And for an individual well-accustomed to extreme situations, it is a smooth transition</span><span>.</span>

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